Psalm 81:9 {80:10}
Good News Translation
You must never worship another god.

New Revised Standard Version
There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

Contemporary English Version
Don't worship foreign gods or bow down to gods you know nothing about.

New American Bible
There shall be no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.

Douay-Rheims Bible
there shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

there shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.

there shall

Exodus 20:3-5 Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. . . .

1 Corinthians 8:5,6 For although there be that are called gods, either in heaven or on earth (for there be gods many and lords many): . . .

strange

Deuteronomy 6:14 You shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about you:

Deuteronomy 32:12 The Lord alone was his leader: and there was no strange god with him.

Isaiah 43:12 I have declared, and have saved. I have made it heard, and there was no strange one among you. You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and I am God.

Malachi 2:11 Juda hath transgressed, and abomination hath been committed in Israel, and in Jerusalem: for Juda hath profaned the holiness of the Lord, which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

Context
Sing for Joy to God, Our Strength
8Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me, 9there shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.10For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.…
Cross References
Exodus 20:3
Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.

Deuteronomy 5:7
Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight.

Deuteronomy 32:12
The Lord alone was his leader: and there was no strange god with him.

Psalm 44:20
For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us.

Isaiah 43:12
I have declared, and have saved. I have made it heard, and there was no strange one among you. You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and I am God.

Psalm 81:8
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